Combined railway-tie and rail-fastener.



- U. F. SNYDER.

UOMBINED RAILWAY TIE AND RAIL FASTENEL. APPLIOATIONIILED OGT. 28, 1907.

921 ,746, Patented May 18, 1909.

UNITED STATLS (`HARLES F. SNYDER,

or MASSILLON, oHIo.

COMBINED RAILWAY-TIE AND RAIL-FASTENER.

No. 921,74e.

Specificaton of Letters Patenta.

Patented May 18, 1909.

Application filed October 28, 1907. Serial No. :399,556.

To 'whom 'if may concc'n." I

Be it known that l, (uums li SXYUER. citizen of the l'nied States, residing :it Mossillon. in the cointy ot' Stzrk ;Lnd State of ()hio..hzve invented certain new zind useful'lnprovements in Combined Rnihvnv- 'l`ies and h oil-Fasteners; and l do hereby dechre that the following is :i full, clem', and exact description of the same, reference being had to the zicconpznying drawing, making port of this specification, and to the numer- :ls of reference marked thereor in which- Figure l is :t perspective view showing two ties and the rzils properly connected thereto. Fg '2 is a perspective view ot' one tie, showing prts broken zwziy. the mil supporting phte. verse section on line 5-5, Fig. :L longitudinil section, showing :t portion of the 'oilwzy tie'znd trznsverse section of the' milwzy rail. Fig. 6 is u detztched view of one of the rziilwzy rail holding dogs. .Fig. 7 is a detach'ed view of the looking key.

The present invention hzs 'ehtion to ratilway ties and 'zsteners and it consists in-the novel nr'angenent und construction of parts hereimtter described and particularly point-` 'ed out in the ('l:LlInS.

Similar numerols coi'r'esponding drawing:

ln t'h uccompmying drawing, 1 represents the tie, whichis form ed substontittlly :s shown in 'the drzwings, and is preferoblv formed of cement. Within the body of euch tie is embedded the holding arms 2, which holding arms :re substetntizlly of the form shown in the drzwings, und of course u'e t'ormed integral with the plate 3.

ol' reference indicztte pm'ts n all the figures ot the ceiving thekeys t),

which keys ure driven through the slots S t'ormed in the Patl locking dogs.

Upon the i bottom ofthe plzte 3 :rre located the llznges provided with tl' slots 8, Wllll'll slots ure tor the purpose of re 1 lt will be understood that in order to enter the keys as illustrzted in Fig. 4, the tie 1 i must be provided with the cross aperture 10, and when the keys are driven endwise the g looking' dogs 6 will be drawn downward by reason of the bottom or'under sides of the keys coming in contact with the bottom wall of the slots, thereby drawing the heads 11 down upon the tops of the fianges 12 of the railway rails 13.

For'the purpose of preventing the keys g from becoming accidentally displaced said f keys are provided with the bendable tangs i 14, which tung-s ore bent down as illusj trated in Fig. e, aft-er thekeys have been properly seate'd. For the purpose of giving additions? strength to the railway tie proper t the metal bar 15 is embedded,` which metal i bar is nrched as best illustrated in Fig. 5. lt will be understood that the bar 15 should he located at the sides of the arms 2, and in order to do this said arms may be inclined as illustrated in Figs. 3, 4 and 5.

For the purpose ol properly anchoring the, plztes 3 the bottom or lower ends of the urms 2, are provided with the curved portions 16. e

F or the purpose of hacking orprm-'euting amy lateral movement of the dogs, 6 or for the purpose ot removing a portion ot' the hiteral strain the plates 3 are provided with the lugs I'Znnd the dogs are located against said lugs as best illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 5.

Havingiully described my invention, What l claim as new nd. desire to secure by Letters Potent, is-

1. ln a railwoy tie oud fastener of the class described, the railway tie formed of cement, cross a' wrtures formed in the body of the tie, ruil locking dogs *located in the tie, said lockng dogs provided with Slots, ke s provided with bendable tangs and a rail vided with slots 'and the looking dogs located through the plote to the and for the body otthe tie, substantially :is purpose specified:

czted thereiu zin arch strengthening bor, sockets formed i the tie, rall lockmg do s l provided with Slots und located 111 the soulislots and means for holding the plate pro- I 2; In e tie and rail fstener of the class described, !L tie l'ormed oi' cement lnwng loets, eans for 'holding the loekng dogs and the body of the tie, said lete provided with Slots, and the 'looking ogs located in the Slots, and means for holdin the plate to the body of the tie, substantay as and for the purpose specified presence of two witnesses.-

. CHARLES F. SNYDER. Witnesses:

JOHN H. SPONSELLER, RALPH/ R. SNYDER;

In teetmony'that. I claim the above, I i a rail plate provided with arms embedded in have hereunto subscrbed my name in the 

